Advancing Sexual Health and Human Rights in the Western Pacific

Abstract

This report was prepared by Simone Cusack, Strategic Policy Coordinator, at the Public Interest Law Clearing House (Vic.) Inc, and Fellow in the International Reproductive and Sexual Health Law Programme at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. The research and writing of this report were facilitated by numerous people at the World Health Organization, including Claudia Garcia Moreno Esteva, Jane Cottingham, Margaret Okello, and Kerry White. Special thanks goes to Eszter Kismodi for her facilitation of the WHO Project on Sexual Health and Human Rights, and her unwavering support, leadership and guidance. The author is indebted to her colleagues involved in the various incarnations of the project: Hossam Bahgat, Kajal Bhardwaj, Vivek Divan, Stefano Fabeni, Corey Friedman, Sofia Gruskin, Alice M. Miller, Charles Ngwena, Esteban Restrepo Saldarriaga, Mindy Roseman, Carole S. Vance and Johanna Westeson